Former Orioles ace Mike Mussina saw his vote total climb again in the balloting for the Baseball Hall of Fame, but missed out on induction, while Chipper Jones, Vladimir Guerrero, Jim Thome, and Trevor Hoffman earned induction as the class of 2018.
The Orioles nearly survived one of the worst starts in the career of right-hander Chris Tillman, but they ultimately gave up a late run to lose, 9-8, to the Pittsburgh Pirates in a sloppy game that featured a combined 24 hits and 16 runners left on base.
Baltimore Sun reporter Eduardo A. Encina shares some observations from Sarasota, Fla., as Orioles pitchers and catchers officially report today for the start of spring training.
Chris Ray's baseball career ended last year, in the minor leagues. But the former Orioles closer has wasted little time turning another passion – craft-brewed beer – into his next occupation. Among Ray's products is an IPA, aged on maple from Louisville Slugger bats and sold to raise money for emergency assistance to military veterans.
With all the journeymen the Orioles have employed in recent memory, they don't have any former pitchers who are still active and have had at least 80 wins.
With several American League East opponents on the spring schedule, Orioles manager Buck Showalter has chosen to pitch some of his starters in minor league games at Twin Lakes Park.
Exactly 23 years to the day that Dave Johnson notched his first big league victory at Memorial Stadium for his hometown Orioles, his 24-year-old son Steve got his first major league victory.
Admittedly, Chris Davis is not really a fan of being a designated hitter. But he is a fan of playing regularly. And now that Jim Thome is on the shelf for roughly a month, Davis is back at DH.
